{"id":70039,"date":"2026-02-17T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/?post_type=ground_up_stories&#038;p=70039"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:04:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:34:55","slug":"has-climate-change-complicated-silkworm-rearing-in-meghalaya","status":"publish","type":"ground_up_stories","link":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/kn-in\/ground-up-stories\/has-climate-change-complicated-silkworm-rearing-in-meghalaya\/","title":{"rendered":"Has climate change complicated silkworm rearing in Meghalaya?"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"IDR Ground up | Has climate change complicated silkworm rearing in Meghalaya?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/arL3amsp10A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Women weavers in&nbsp;Meghalaya&rsquo;s&nbsp;Ri Bhoi district have traditionally reared&nbsp;silkworms. However, colder winters due to climate change have&nbsp;made the process more difficult.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch them explain how they feed and care for the&nbsp;silkworms,&nbsp;and&nbsp;weave the cocoons into delicate threads.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&mdash;&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Know more:<\/strong>&nbsp;Watch&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/ground-up-stories\/women-weavers-find-a-solar-way-to-eri-silk-in-meghalaya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how<\/a>&nbsp;Eri silk weavers in Meghalaya are embracing solar looms.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><strong>Do more:<\/strong>&nbsp;Connect with the author at &#8239;<a href=\"mailto:wanmi0007@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wanmi0007@gmail.com<\/a>&#8239; to learn more about and support his work.&#8239;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":70040,"template":"","categories":[8,2892],"tags":[466,3662,3682],"series":[],"meta-filter":[],"schema-filter":[743],"no-display":[],"class_list":["post-70039","ground_up_stories","type-ground_up_stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-ne-media-fellowship","tag-climate-change","tag-livelihoods","tag-northeast-india","contributor-samme-massar","states-meghalaya","schema-filter-article"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Has climate change complicated silkworm rearing in Meghalaya? 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